Monthly Archives: January 2015

Free!?

Posted on January 21, 2015 by John

If the reports are indeed true, Microsoft 10 will be *free! *There has to be a catch (somewhere within the upgrade process as this move is antithetical to Redmond’s history)… Unless the firm has genuinely changed!

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Hitting a Wall…

Posted on January 20, 2015 by John

A new type of radar that can ‘see through walls’ is reportedly already being used in over 50 locations in America… In short, do ‘Civil Rights’ matter any more in the ‘Land of the Free…?’

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Hack This!

Posted on January 19, 2015 by John

A hacking group has had the tables turned on them… the irony…

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50,000.

Posted on January 17, 2015 by John

While it is laudable that Uber has promised 50,000 jobs in the EU a myriad of questions (aside from personal safety, regulation and/or taxation arise) including ‘what sort of job i.e., can any given person make a viable and sustained … Continue reading →

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Cyber-Espionage.

Posted on January 16, 2015 by John

Reportedly, over 20,000 websites in France have be attacked recently… yet, another example of the growing trend of governments being hit with said approach…

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Market Saturation…

Posted on January 15, 2015 by John

Given the current maturation within the Smartphone / Tablet-space, is yet another OS (by Samsung) actually needed (let alone welcome?)

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Samsung.

Posted on January 14, 2015 by John

Given that innovation is arguably not the firm’s strongest suit (look no further than Apple’s lawsuit regarding copyright infringements) it will be interesting to see how their Tizen OS differentiates itself from the current industry titans’ offerings.

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Tizen.

Posted on January 13, 2015 by John

Samsung’s Z1 Smartphone powered by their homegrown OS is the firm’s earnest attempt to decouple itself from being dependent on Google’s Android OS. Outside of South Korea where a strong degree of nationalism denotes allegiance the the nation’s domestically-spawned ‘Chaebols’, … Continue reading →

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‘Hacked-Com’

Posted on January 12, 2015 by John

While potentially not as damaging (perhaps even as embarrassing as Sony’s recent experience) nevertheless, America’s Centcom Twitter account was hacked (i.e., cyber-vandalized) whilst President Obama giving a speech on cyber-security!

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Viva la France (II)!

Posted on January 11, 2015 by John

If only humanity always embodied the spirit of solidarity and unity… think of the possibilities!!!

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